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JAS-2
Japanese amateur radio satellite. JAS-2 was launched on August 17, 1996 aboard a H-II from Tanegashima. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1996-046BNORAD 24278Japan
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Fuji-OSCAR-29
- Common name
- JAS-2
- Payload designation
- JAS-2
- Other names
- FO-29,Fuji-3
- International designator
- 1996-046B
- NORAD catalog number
- 24278
- GCAT identifier
- S24278
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/315
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Amateur / academic
- Program
- JAS
- Owner
- JARL
- Country
- Japan
- Builder
- Japanese Amateur Radio League
- Platform (bus)
- JAS
Launch
- Date
- August 17, 1996 · 01:53 UTC
- Launch record
- 1996-046Success
- Rocket
- H-II
- Spaceport
- Tanegashima · pad Y
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 800 km
- Apogee
- 1,324 km
- Inclination
- 98.58°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- January 2023
- End of operations
- 2010
Size
- Mass
- 50 kg
- Dry mass
- 50 kg
- Length
- 0.5 m
- Diameter
- 0.40 m
- Span
- 0.5 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q2045696 (CC0).